Month: November 2012

Residents of Roxborough were able to vote Tuesday morning at the Roxborough branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia located at 6245 Ridge Ave. Since the library opened at 7 a.m., it experienced a sporadic

https://vimeo.com/52762598] PhillyEarth, an organization founded to teach local children about becoming community sustainability leaders, provides after-school programs, an urban farm site and community outreach programs to Fairhill. Jon Hopkins, who runs the organization, welcomes a

https://vimeo.com/52892119] Many Philadelphians are familiar with the constant struggle between Drexel University and Powelton Village. The cause of the well documented fights are almost always concerning the university’s attempts to expand its campus and Powelton

Temple University reporters will be covering the national and local races on Tuesday in a state that has become one of the key battlegrounds between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Under

Friends and art lovers gathered this weekend at Germantown’s Imperfect Gallery, located 5601 Greene St., to view two new exhibitions, including one focused on politics. Imperfect Gallery has become a central gathering place for Germantown’s

philadelphianeighborhoods.com won four Pacemaker awards, generally considered the Pulitzer Prizes of college journalism, including a first place for overall website. Kriston Bethel and Tim Johnson collected two awards for the category of multimedia feature for

Like other schools in the Philadelphia School District, John Story Jenks has learned to do more with less. But even though the district’s financial distress has left schools with less resources, J.S. Jenks’ parents are

When you look inside the Roxborough Development Corp., located at 6111 Ridge Ave., you won’t just find an office filled with people sitting in front of computers. Instead, you’ll find the space has come to